Vietnamese rice paper pizzas with eggs, spinach and sardines

Vietnamese rice paper pizzas with eggs, spinach and sardines

Rice paper pizzas are a popular street food dish in Vietnam. Food writer Uyen Luu shares her version, loaded up with eggs, sardines and spinach and drizzled with a punchy garlic butter.

Vietnamese rice paper pizzas with eggs, spinach and sardines

Uyen says, “I like to cut these into triangles to make canapés for sharing among a crowd. It’s a fun job to share with kids.”

Recipe taken from Quick and Easy Vietnamese by Uyen Luu (Quadrille £25) and tested by delicious.

Check out Uyen’s addictive salmon and avocado summer rolls, too.

  • Serves icon Makes 4
  • Time icon Hands-on time 40 min

Rice paper pizzas are a popular street food dish in Vietnam. Food writer Uyen Luu shares her version, loaded up with eggs, sardines and spinach and drizzled with a punchy garlic butter.

Uyen says, “I like to cut these into triangles to make canapés for sharing among a crowd. It’s a fun job to share with kids.”

Recipe taken from Quick and Easy Vietnamese by Uyen Luu (Quadrille £25) and tested by delicious.

Check out Uyen’s addictive salmon and avocado summer rolls, too.

Nutrition: Per pizza

Calories
355kcals
Fat
21g (6.1g saturated)
Protein
14g
Carbohydrates
27g (0.7g sugars)
Fibre
0.9g
Salt
2.5g

Ingredients

  • ½ tbsp olive oil
  • 200g baby leaf spinach 8 sheets rice paper (see Know-how)
  • 4 small free-range eggs
  • 120g tin sardines in tomato sauce (or 50g tin anchovy fillets, drained), roughly mashed
  • Handful rocket (optional)

For the sauce

  • 20g salted butter
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely sliced
  • 4 tsp capers
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tsp sesame oil

For the oil

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
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Method

  1. Put the 1⁄2 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the spinach and cook until just wilted. Remove from the heat, leave to cool for 5 minutes, then squeeze the leaves in your hands to remove as much water as possible. Set aside.
  2. To make the sauce, melt the butter in a small frying pan over a medium heat, then fry the garlic for 1 minute until sizzling. Add the capers and chilli flakes, stir to combine, then pour in the fish sauce and sesame oil. Cook for another minute, then remove from the heat and set aside.
  3. To make the oil, pour the olive oil into a small saucepan over
    a medium heat. Add the spring onions and a pinch of salt and cook for 2 minutes or until the green parts of the onions start to wilt. Remove from the heat.
  4. Use a pastry brush to paint one side of a rice paper sheet with the spring onion oil, then put another sheet on top. Press the sandwiched-together sheets between 2 boards to help them stick together. Repeat with the remaining rice paper sheets to create 4 ‘sandwiches’ in total.
  5. Put a wire rack over a gas hob on a low heat. Put a rice paper sandwich on the rack, then scatter over some spinach and crack an egg into the middle. Dot around some of the sardines or anchovies. Cook for 5-8 minutes, continuously moving the paper around in circles with tongs to stop it burning. The egg should be cooked with a runny yolk and the edges of the pizza should be crisp and slightly puffy. Repeat with the remaining pizzas.
  6. Scatter the pizzas with rocket (if using) and drizzle over the garlic butter.

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving
Calories
355kcals
Fat
21g (6.1g saturated)
Protein
14g
Carbohydrates
27g (0.7g sugars)
Fibre
0.9g
Salt
2.5g

delicious. tips

  1. Uyen’s tip “No gas hob? You can cook the pizzas in a dry frying pan over a medium-high heat for 5-8 minutes, or under a medium-high grill for 4-6 minutes.”

  2. Vietnamese rice paper is available in Asian supermarkets, online and in some larger supermarkets.

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Recipe By:

Uyen Luu

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